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diva77

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24. Agreed. The voting machines/procedures are already in the wrong hands with corporate ownership!

Mon May 29, 2017, 05:33 PM

May 2017

I'm definitely in favor of voting being done on election day with paper ballots, hand counted at precinct level immediately after the polls close. Any early voting should be for special circumstances only.

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GA voters file lawsuit against SOS; contend state's voting machines unfit for 6-20 special election [View all] Amaryllis May 2017 OP

I hope it works... Wounded Bear May 2017 #1

THIS ... LenaBaby61 May 2017 #2

Couldn't agree more. Amaryllis May 2017 #3

This could eliminate black box American politics, make elections more honest again. L. Coyote May 2017 #4

curious indeed; there is more than enough evidence to toss computer voting for something more TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #23

I don't trust hand-counting crazycatlady May 2017 #31

***SO*** Important! Stay woke! nt LaydeeBug May 2017 #5

Good move! Baitball Blogger May 2017 #6

There is nothing more fundamental to an election than accessibility and accuracy. nt Snotcicles May 2017 #7

yep, but this seems to be a total non-issue for dem leadership. it's insane. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #22

Here's the template for all states with suspect voting machines Mr. Ected May 2017 #8

Hear, hear! No more analysing what was wrong with the message or the candidate until we Amaryllis May 2017 #9

THIS +1000 !!! Unbelievable how this is swept under the carpet time & time again!! diva77 May 2017 #26

I get why, but ballot boxes did disappear and counting errors occurred before. n/t Hoyt May 2017 #10

Then you know it sarah FAILIN May 2017 #11

There are always ways to cheat if the election officials don't have integrity, but paperless Amaryllis May 2017 #12

So are paper ballots. I think we are down to purple dye on our thumb. Hoyt May 2017 #13

yes, but the scale and ease of hacking paper is less than hacking computers. the purple finger plus TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #21

Depends on who is running the election, and GOpers control most Hoyt May 2017 #25

These are not easy excuses!! And we need to GOTV and secure our elections. All the GOTV in the Amaryllis May 2017 #27

I don't think they are stealing computer votes. Now gmandering, voter IDs, etc., yeah they do that. Hoyt May 2017 #28

Do some research if you really want to know. Amaryllis May 2017 #29

Well let's see, the problems in the first article were caught, so no harm. Hoyt May 2017 #30

you have it entirely backwards, and if you don't see that, we will have to agree to disagree. you sa TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #35

i'm not a faith-based voter; i don't like invisible votes and secret counting software; TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #34

GA SOS Kemp protested Obama's exec order for elections to be 'Critical Infrastructure' diva77 May 2017 #14

seems like that in the wrong hands, this reg could allow the ruling party to prevent any changes in TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #20

Agreed. The voting machines/procedures are already in the wrong hands with corporate ownership! diva77 May 2017 #24

agreed; it's been done for centuries; it can be done again. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #36

Yay! If no luck, can they order absentee paper ballots? judesedit May 2017 #15

Yay! If no luck, can they order absentee paper ballots? judesedit May 2017 #16

Do we trust them to do the right thing? nt ProudLib72 May 2017 #17

BRAVO! Duppers May 2017 #18

+1000. Curious as to the status of the Obama law firm. ATL Ebony May 2017 #38

Good question. Duppers May 2017 #39

somebody's gotta do it, and clearly it's not going to be the dem "leadership." nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #19

recommended and kicked to the top. trueblue2007 May 2017 #32

"TWO" Democrats is not a statistically significant sample. brooklynite May 2017 #33

On the news the other night, they casually mentioned that several polling locations had closed ecstatic May 2017 #37